fetid

fetid

See also: fètid

English

Alternative forms

• foetid
• fœtid (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪd
• Homophones: feted, fêted (one pronunciation)

Adjective

fetid (comparative more fetid, superlative most fetid)

1. Foul-smelling, stinking.

   I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:malodorous

Translations

foul-smelling

Bashkir: һаҫыҡ (haθïq) Bulgarian: вонящ (bg) (vonjašt), зловонен (bg) (zlovonen) Catalan: fètid (ca) Dutch: walmend (nl), stinkend (nl) French: fétide (fr) German: stinkend (de) Greek: δύσοσμος (el) m (dýsosmos), δυσώδης (el) m or f (dysódis) Ido: fetida (io) Latin: fetidus Malay: Jawi: هاڽير‎ (of meat) Rumi: hanyir (of meat)

Maori: hāruru, koeo Polish: cuchnący (pl) Portuguese: fétido (pt) Romanian: fetid (ro) Russian: воню́чий (ru) (vonjúčij), зловонный (ru) (zlovonnyj) Spanish: fétido (es) Swedish: stinkande (sv) Tagalog: mabaho

See also

• asafoetida

Noun

fetid (plural fetids)

1. (rare) The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.